After Two Years in the Works, Picturelife Comes Alive

The founder of OMGPOP and director of New York Tech Meetup are betting on a better backup solution for photos and videos.
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SmugMug’s Camera Awesome App: 13 Million Downloads, Android on the Way

One year after SmugMug launched its settings-filled Camera Awesome app for iOS, the company says that the app has been downloaded 13 million times — surpassing even Instagram’s first-year downloads — and that users have shared more than 250 million “awesomized” photos through the service. It also claims two million monthly active unique users. An Android app is coming soon, though SmugMug declined to say exactly when that would launch.

Qwiki Shuts Down Web Platform, Launches Social Mobile Video App

Qwiki joins the mobile-social-video-sharing craze.
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Demystifying Advanced Compact Cameras

Looking for an advanced compact camera in addition to your smartphone, but confused by some of the specs? Read on.
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Photo App 500px Gets the Boot for Showing Booty

Photo-sharing app 500px, a favorite of the professional and “prosumer” photo-snapping crowd, has been removed from Apple’s App Store for nude photos that were in apparent violation of the company’s no-pornography policy. Apple said in a statement that it had received “customer complaints about possible child pornography” and that it has asked 500px to put safeguards in place to prevent these images from displaying. The Verge has reported that 500px says it is working on a fix. An employee of Toronto-based 500px has taken to Twitter to emphasize that the company’s app is still available on Android mobile devices.

Flickr Jumps Into Mobile Photo Fray With New Insta-Hip Filters

Flickr brings photo filters to the iPhone, and oh yes, ahem, shares to Twitter.
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Mobile App Kapture Wants to Pay You to Take Photos of Yourself (With Brands, of Course)

If you’re guilty of puckering up to your smartphone camera, you might as well get rewarded for it.
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With This Gadget, iPhone Is for the Birds

The latest wacky invention on Kickstarter takes iPhonography to a whole new level.
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SmugMug’s Camera Awesome App Will Now “Awesomize” iPad Photos

Camera Awesome, the smartphone photo app from SmugMug that offers nearly 300 filters and effects for photos, is now available for the iPad. The free iPad app includes 36 filters to start; additional features, textures and frames can be purchased for 99 cents per pack of nine, or $10 for all 297 features. SmugMug CEO Don McAskill says he decided to design an app for the iPad when some of Camera Awesome’s seven million iPhone users requested an app that would work on the tablet’s larger screen, which he believes consumers are increasingly using to capture images.

Eye-Fi Looks Toward New Photo App

As photo sharing from Wi-Fi-connected devices explodes, SD card-maker Eye-Fi is looking to punch up its software offerings.
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SmugMug’s Camera Awesome App Sees Two Million Downloads in First Week

Photobucket: Holidays Were All About Mobile Photos — And Fido

Mattebox Photo App: More Than Just Filters